Anderson v. American Automobile Association

454 F.2d 1240 1972 Trade Cases P 73,793 Gerald M. ANDERSON, individually and dba AAA Auto Body Shop, Appellant, v. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, a corporation; California State Automobile Association, a corporation, Appellees. No. 24195. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Jan. 3, 1972. Rehearing Denied Feb. 18, 1972. William I. Cohen, (argued), William E. Anderson, Jr., Palo Alto, Cal., for appellant. Seymour Farber, (argued), Matthew P. Mitchell, Marquart, Hutchins & Staiger, San Francisco, Cal., for appellees. Before MADDEN, * Judge of the United States Court of Claims, MURRAH ** and BROWNING, Circuit Judges. MURRAH, Circuit Judge: 1 The American Automobile Association (AAA) and the California State Automobile Association (CSAA) sued Gerald M. Anderson, the owner of AAA Auto Body Shop for trademark infringement and unfair competition. Anderson answered and cross-claimed as representative of a class, 1 alleging violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. Secs. 1 and 2. The gist of the cross-complaint is that AAA and CSAA and certain co-conspirators have illegally removed some 10,000,000 members of the American motoring public from the…